Merkel: Poroshenko was invited to explain the point of view of Kiev

Angelina Timofeeva. Conversations with the presidents of France and Ukraine, Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko in Berlin were carried out for understanding the Ukrainian vision of the situation in the Donbass, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the first day of the week.

"Discussion of the Minsk agreements is held in different formats - first President Hollande visited Moscow in recent weeks has held exhaustive telephone conversations within the" Normandy format ", which was agreed to conduct direct consultations on legal issues. Today we held a trilateral meeting here to discuss certain issues from the Ukrainian perspective, " said Merkel at a press conference in the German capital on the results of talks with the presidents of France and Ukraine.